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Farming & Water Scotland: Steading drainage factsheet (Know The Rules)
Farming & Water Scotland: Steading drainage factsheet (Know The Rules) Find the full range of Know The Rules guides on the Farming & Water Scotland webpage
SEPA’s rainwater & run-offs briefing note for FAS webinar 20.01.2020
SEPA’s rainwater & run-offs briefing note for FAS webinar 20.01.2020 (Rainwater and run-off – is your steading drainage system letting money flow away)
Guide to different types of steading run-offs
Guide to different types of steading run-offs
Steading Drainage Run-off: management option guide
Steading drainage run-off: management option guide
Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems: A Practical Design and Build Guide for Scotland’s Farmers and Landowners
Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems: Practical Design and Build Guide for Scotland’s Farmers and Landowners
Managing Water on the Steading: Two examples from Aberdeenshire (Video)
Type: Video
Agricultural Consultant George Chalmers visits two Aberdeenshire farms to give an insight into how the farmers have received SRDP funding to improve steading runoff and benefit their farm business.
Rainwater Harvesting – Making the most of Scotland’s bumper crop (Video)
Type: Video
Rainwater is something we aren’t short of Scotland and in this video, we visit two sites where rainwater harvesting systems have allowed the businesses to make considerable savings.
Natural Flood Management II – Crookston Farm, Galashiels
Type: Podcast
Join farmer Jim Sinclair from Crookston Farm near Galashiels as he chats with Hugh Chalmers from the Tweed Forum and Agricultural Consultant Chris McDonald about the Natural Flood Management measures…
Farm Management Handbook 2019/20
Topic: Business Tools, Biodiversity, Crop Health, Women in Agriculture, Crofts & Small Farms, Soils, Climate Change, Organics, Brexit, Beef Cattle, Water Management, Farm Woodland, Common Grazings, New Entrants, Dairy Cattle, Sheep, Honeybee Group, Livestock, Smallholders, Pigs, Island & Remote Business Group, Crops and Soils, Chickens, Environment, Rural Business, Discussion Groups
Type: Farm Management Handbook
The 40th edition of the Farm Management Handbook is an essential tool for any progressive farm business, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date source of information for farmers, rural professionals, students…
Technical Note (TN730): Construction of a Cow Track for Access to Grazing
Topic: Climate Change, Water Management, Dairy Cattle, Infrastructure and Technology [DA.HM.IT], Livestock, Environment
Type: Technical Notes
Summary Cow tracks can lengthen the grazing season from reduced damage to pasture and improved field access in poor weather Correctly constructed cow tracks can prevent lameness within the herd…
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